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Indexed dispatches.

Every military strike, maritime incident, declared closure, and diplomatic development we have catalogued, filterable by type and severity. Each entry links to the originating source outlet.

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  1. Jun 5, 2026, 01:13

    Closure

    Are the US and Iran closer to war or to a deal ? - Grenada Chronicle – Daily Grenada And Caribbean News

    Source: grenadachronicle.com

    grenadachronicle.com
  2. May 4, 2026, 18:00

    Closure · high

    US opens passage through Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM says

    United States Central Command says it has opened a transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz under the new convoy regime, allowing a small group of commercial vessels to move under naval escort.

    Bloomberg
  3. May 2, 2026, 00:00

    Closure · high

    Trump launches Operation Project Freedom convoy escort

    The administration formally announced Operation Project Freedom, a multilateral convoy escort mission tasked with restoring commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz under US, UK, and French naval cover.

    Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
  4. Apr 29, 2026, 22:00

    Closure · high

    CNN: Hormuz traffic shrunk to a trickle through April

    Visual analysis combining AIS replay and satellite imagery shows daily transit volume through the Strait collapsed from a peacetime baseline near 60 vessels per day to single digits at the height of the closure.

    CNN
  5. Apr 28, 2026, 00:00

    Closure · medium

    NBC tracker: vessel calls at Gulf ports near multi-year lows

    NBC News data graphics team's ongoing tracker of port calls at Jebel Ali, Bandar Abbas, and Fujairah shows arrivals running far below 2024–2025 baselines through April, with tanker calls hardest hit.

    NBC News
  6. Apr 27, 2026, 00:00

    Closure · medium

    CSIS: the strait of Hormuz crisis in eight charts

    Center for Strategic and International Studies published an updated analytical brief breaking down transit volume collapse, freight-rate spikes, war-risk premium escalation, and the limited capacity of bypass pipelines.

    CSIS
  7. Apr 25, 2026, 00:00

    Closure · medium

    Statista: ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has virtually stopped

    Statista's industry chart documents the near-complete halt of commercial transit in late February following the IRGC closure declaration, with only a handful of vessels making the passage daily through March.

    Statista
  8. Feb 28, 2026, 16:00

    Closure · high

    Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed to commercial shipping

    On February 28, 2026, Iran's parliament voted to authorize the IRGC to close the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, beginning the dual blockade phase that continues to define the crisis.

    Wikipedia · 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

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